Diamond Weapon's Auto Attack is Random in a Full Blue Mage Party

[RamenJD]

Date & Time: July 25th, 2023, 11:34 PM EST
Frequency: always
World name: -
Character name: -
Retainer name: –
NPC name: –
Monster name: Diamond Weapon
Class/Level: Blue Mage/90
Party or solo: Party
Area and coordinates: The Cloud Deck
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With the blue mage update in 6.45, players can enter Shadowbringer instances with only blue mage to complete the Blue Mage Log. In the trial "The Cloud Deck" (normal mode), the boss Diamond Weapon normally would target both tanks with auto attack. However, that is not the case for a full party of 8 blue mages, as their roles are DPS; therefore, every time when the boss does the dual auto attack, 2 random blue mages are targeted.

Normally in the previous instances with blue mage update, a boss would target the player with highest enmity, or 2 players with first and second highest enmity if the boss has double auto attack. However, as I discussed earlier, that is not the case with the Cloud Deck trial where the auto attack is role based (tank). As a result, in a full party of blue mage, it is extremely likely to die from auto attack since enmity is not the indicator for who takes the auto attack for every single auto attack, which has caused an extreme unfun experience to the party, and a counter-inituitive design.

On the contrary, in the extreme mode of this trial, the boss targets the two players with highest enmities, no random auto attack when the party has 8 blue mages.

In addition, there is a flare marker mechanics which normally target the tanks with heavy damage. It is also random in a full party of Blue Mage, rather than enmity based. It is a little bit more manageable since you can use Diamondback, but still rather unfun since you cannot decide who gets it even you have the second highest enmity.

[XiAshtra]

This problem is not limited to the Cloud Deck; it is present in several normal mode trials and raids from Shadowbringers. In previous expansion content Blue Mage had access to, tankbusters respected the enmity table.